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Quiz about Test Your Knowledge of Sylvia Plath

Test Your Knowledge of Sylvia Plath Quiz


This quiz pertains to the life, death, triumphs, trials, and writings of my favorite poet Sylvia Plath.

A multiple-choice quiz by sinikul. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
sinikul
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
77,483
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
14 / 25
Plays
1446
Last 3 plays: Guest 151 (11/25), Guest 152 (9/25), Guest 94 (25/25).
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Question 1 of 25
1. Sylvia Plath wrote only one novel which was published, 'The Bell Jar'. It was published under an assumed name. This name was: Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. True or False: 'The Bell Jar' is entirely fiction.


Question 3 of 25
3. Hospitalized at age 20 for an attempted suicide, Plath stayed at which hospital? Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. In the fall of 1950 Plath began college, which college did she attend? Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. Plath and Hughes had two children, what were their names? Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. In 1953 Plath won a Guest Editorship at Mademoiselle magazine for a short story she wrote. What was the name of that story? Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. Plath wrote a poem about an animal entitled 'Ariel', what type of animal was this poem about? Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. To my knowledge,Plath published only one children's book, what was the name of this book? Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. 'The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath' won a prize in 1981 (18 years after her death). Which prize was this?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 10 of 25
10. For many years after her suicide, a vast majority of people believed a specific person was responsible for driving Plath to it, who was this person? Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. Plath wrote a peom titled 'Metaphor' - what is the metaphor this poem is alluding to? Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. What is the date of Plath's birth? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. Which of the two children born to Plath and Hughes is now a poet and painter?

Answer: (Frieda or Nicholas)
Question 14 of 25
14. True or False: Plath's death could have been avoided? (Just referring to the facts of her death, not her underlying mental condition)


Question 15 of 25
15. 'Letters Home' is a published collection of letters between Plath and another person. Who is this person? Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. What is the date of Sylvia Plath's death? Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. Two editions of Sylvia Plath's journals have been published - which one was highly edited by Ted Hughes (abridged or unabridged)?

Answer: (abridged or unabridged)
Question 18 of 25
18. At which college, in March 1957, was Plath offered a teaching position? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. Which well known poem of Plath's was written after her stay in St. Pancras hospital due to a miscarriage and an appendectomy (in 1960)? Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. One of Plath's published poems was accomplished through a writing assignment given to her by Hughes. Which poem was this? Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. How old was Sylvia when her father died of diabetes mellitus? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. In which poem does Plath use a panther to describe Hughes? Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. Which of Plath's collections of poetry was published 2 years after her death? Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. Which Indiana Library holds the Plath Estate? Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. In what area of Massachusetts was Plath's first home? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Sylvia Plath wrote only one novel which was published, 'The Bell Jar'. It was published under an assumed name. This name was:

Answer: Victoria Lucas

Esther Greenwood (Sylvia Plath) is the name of the main character in The Bell Jar , Anne Sexton was a former poet and friend of Plath's, and Aurelia Schober was the maiden name of Plath's mother
2. True or False: 'The Bell Jar' is entirely fiction.

Answer: False

Although written under an assumed name, the novel is an autobiography about Plath's 20th year. Note also that all the names and exact institution names have also been changed.
3. Hospitalized at age 20 for an attempted suicide, Plath stayed at which hospital?

Answer: McLean

Plath was hospitalized for swallowing a bottle of sleeping pills and disappearing into a hole in a wall in her cellar only to be found by her mother 2 days later. Massachusetts General is the Hospital where Plath, in 1958 took up a part time job. St. George is actually the Church St. George's-The Martyr where Plath and Ted Hughes were married on June 16, 1956, and Saint Boltolph's is actually St. Botolph's Review where Plath first read the poetry of Ted Hughes.
4. In the fall of 1950 Plath began college, which college did she attend?

Answer: Smith

Plath attended Smith from 1950-1955, harvard summer school in the summer of 54 and graduated summa cum {laude;} she won a Fulbright Scholarship to Cambridge.
5. Plath and Hughes had two children, what were their names?

Answer: Frieda and Nicholas

Otto and Aurelia were Plath's parents. Ted and Sylvia, well, that's Plath and Hughes, and Warren is her brother
6. In 1953 Plath won a Guest Editorship at Mademoiselle magazine for a short story she wrote. What was the name of that story?

Answer: Sunday at the Minton's

'Appeal for World Peace' was published in the Christian Science Monitor on March 16, 1950, 'Summer Will Not Come Again' was published in the August 1950 edition of Seventeen, and the poem 'Bitter Strawberries' was published in the August 11, 1950 Christian Science Monitor
7. Plath wrote a poem about an animal entitled 'Ariel', what type of animal was this poem about?

Answer: horse

'Ariel' is a poem about a horse Plath rode at a riding school in Devonshire, England.
8. To my knowledge,Plath published only one children's book, what was the name of this book?

Answer: The Bed Book

'Tinker Jack and the Tidy Wives', Ella Mason and her Eleven Cats', and 'The Bull of Bendylaw' are poems by Plath.
9. 'The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath' won a prize in 1981 (18 years after her death). Which prize was this?

Answer: Pulitzer

10. For many years after her suicide, a vast majority of people believed a specific person was responsible for driving Plath to it, who was this person?

Answer: Ted Hughes

Her ex-husband, the late Poet Laureate.
11. Plath wrote a peom titled 'Metaphor' - what is the metaphor this poem is alluding to?

Answer: pregnancy

12. What is the date of Plath's birth?

Answer: October 27, 1932

February 11, 1963 is the day Plath took her own life; June 16, 1956 is the day Plath and Ted Hughes were married.
13. Which of the two children born to Plath and Hughes is now a poet and painter?

Answer: Frieda

14. True or False: Plath's death could have been avoided? (Just referring to the facts of her death, not her underlying mental condition)

Answer: True

The way in which Plath structured the events evolving her suicide were extremely time sensitive and IF they had taken place the way she had planned them to she would have been found in time. Previously to that morning (February 11, 1963), Plath had spoken to her downstairs neighbor and found out his plans that day. Knowing when he was planning to leave his home, she left a note for him to call her doctor and placed her head into her gas oven.

Her plan fell apart because the gas seeped downstairs and knocked the neighbor out as well.
15. 'Letters Home' is a published collection of letters between Plath and another person. Who is this person?

Answer: Aurelia Plath

Aurelia Plath - her mother, was often portrayed as unsympathetic. Otto Emil Plath, her father, was an entomologist.
16. What is the date of Sylvia Plath's death?

Answer: February 11, 1963

17. Two editions of Sylvia Plath's journals have been published - which one was highly edited by Ted Hughes (abridged or unabridged)?

Answer: abridged

18. At which college, in March 1957, was Plath offered a teaching position?

Answer: Smith

On March 12, 1957 Plath was offered a teaching position at Smith College. This position was for Freshman English.
19. Which well known poem of Plath's was written after her stay in St. Pancras hospital due to a miscarriage and an appendectomy (in 1960)?

Answer: Tulips

In 1960 Plath was hospitalized for a miscarriage and an appendectomy at St. Pancras Hospital. It was here that Plath was also pronounced dead.
20. One of Plath's published poems was accomplished through a writing assignment given to her by Hughes. Which poem was this?

Answer: The Moon and the Yew Tree

21. How old was Sylvia when her father died of diabetes mellitus?

Answer: 8

22. In which poem does Plath use a panther to describe Hughes?

Answer: Pursuit

23. Which of Plath's collections of poetry was published 2 years after her death?

Answer: Ariel

24. Which Indiana Library holds the Plath Estate?

Answer: Lilly

25. In what area of Massachusetts was Plath's first home?

Answer: Jamaica Plain

Source: Author sinikul

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